Brewologist: Hopheads, here's a wave you'll want to catch

5:13 AM,
Mar. 6, 2013

Written by

Steve Goble
CentralOhio.com

The word "alchemy" usually invokes images of some Gandalf the Gray type, toiling away in a dingy laboratory, trying to use a philosopher's stone to turn lead into gold.

Many tried that trick throughout history, with no success. In Cleveland, however, brewers have managed to produce something almost as magical. Great Lakes Brewing Company has added Alchemy Hour, a bewitching imperial India pale ale, to its lineup of seasonal brews. Truly devoted hopheads ought to go out and conjure up some of this beer right now. You can read the rest of this column when you get back. I'll understand.